From: Brett Cannon <brettcannon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 21:28:21 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: bpo-30380: Pin the version of Sphinx used to build the docs (GH-1612) (GH-1617)
X-Git-Tag: v3.6.2rc1~153
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5e2016dce92d66e6e1fb25e6ce39031d8c7d5412;p=python

bpo-30380: Pin the version of Sphinx used to build the docs (GH-1612) (GH-1617)
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diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5fee6cd767..fe90bad626 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ matrix:
         - TESTING=docs
       before_script:
         - cd Doc
-        - make venv
+        # Sphinx is pinned so that new versions that introduce new warnings won't suddenly cause build failures.
+        # (Updating the version is fine as long as no warnings are raised by doing so.)
+        - python -m pip install sphinx~=1.6.1
       script:
-        - make check suspicious html PYTHON="./venv/bin/python" SPHINXBUILD="./venv/bin/python -m sphinx" SPHINXOPTS="-q -W"
+        - make check suspicious html SPHINXOPTS="-q -W"
     - os: linux
       language: c
       compiler: gcc